A study, published in Nature Communications, sheds light on a newly identified subtype of muscular dystrophy, revealing an unsuspected role of SNUPN gene in muscle cell function. Led by Assistant Prof ...

Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) comprise a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders primarily affecting muscle integrity and function, often with accompanying brain and ocular abnormalities.

A new rare muscle disorder has been identified by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB). This hereditary disease is caused by a defect in the BICD2 gene that manifests itself in altered ...

Shares of Edgewise Therapeutics EWTX were up more than 18% on Monday after it announced positive results from the mid-stage CANYON study on its lead pipeline drug, sevasemten, in patients with a rare ...

A recent study has found that the SMCHD1 protein plays a key role in controlling how genes are processed, which affects the progression of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD). This discovery ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A preoccupation with being lean and muscular could be a sign of muscle dysmorphic disorder, experts said. - ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic version of Emflaza (deflazacort) oral suspension for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Approval of the generic version of Emflaza ...

Jan 3 (Reuters) - Shares of drug developer Dyne Therapeutics DYN.O doubled in premarket trading on Wednesday after its experimental therapy for a muscle-wasting disorder showed promise in a small, ...

When it comes to muscular diseases, most of us have heard of especially common ones like muscular dystrophy and Lou Gehrig's disease. But one of the rarest muscular disorders is also one of the most ...

We hypothesize that Duchenne muscular dystrophy and autism spectrum disorder/pervasive developmental disorder co-occur with a greater than random frequency. In this study, we set out to reject the ...

Regenxbio filed a lawsuit in 2020 alleging that Elevidys infringed a gene-therapy patent that the company licenses from University of Pennsylvania. ・The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ...